Research Article

Safety Incidents in Psychiatric Inpatient Care: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Safety Incident Reports

Table 5

Preventing safety incidents.

SubcategoriesCategoriesMain categories

Informal discussions between staffDiscussions about the safety incidentInformation regarding occurred safety incidents
Discussing the incident with the patient
Going through the incident during the ward meeting
Informing management about the incidentReporting the safety incident
Careful recording of the incident
Conducting a formal reporting process
Renovating wards to ensure a safe environmentSufficient environment and resourcesPreparedness for safety practices
Ensuring a sufficient amount of human resources
Ensuring the amount of male nurses
Enough training on safety practicesHaving enough knowledge regarding safety practices
Having enough education about disorders
Regular reminders about safety practices
Clear instructions how to ensure safe nursing care
No possibilities to prevent the safety incidentSome safety incidents cannot be prevented
Ensuring workable multiprofessional cooperationOperating as a workable teamComprehensively planned care
Good cooperation between wards
Nurses having possibilities to influence to care
Systematic utilization of safety practicesClear and well-planned everyday care
Sufficient regular and as needed medication for patients
Carefully planned preventative methods
Planning nursing care tasks in advance
Considering possible conflicts between patientsConsidering the suitability and amount of patients to be treated on the ward
Enabling patients to transfer to the correct treatment facility
Not having too many patients on the ward
Balance between resources and patients’ conditions